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Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We've got two levels in the books, and the players are off for a 15-minute break.
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$3,743,000
Total Entries
38
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 38
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Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Andrew Lichtenberger fired 4,200 on the board of 
. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier made the call and the 
paired the board on the river. Lichtenberger checked and quickly folded his hand after Grospellier bet 12,200.
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
James Obst raised to 3,600 from early position and Mike "Timex" McDonald called from the hijack seat. Masa Kagawa reraised from the small blind to 15,200 and won the pot.
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Tom Marchese fired 38,500 with the final board reading 
., Hoyt Corkins was his opponent in the hand and was tanking. While Marchese sat still with his Bose noise-cancelling headphones on, Corkins said, "I've been waiting to get you back for Foxwoods. Marchese knocked Corkins out of a Foxwoods event recently and that's what Corkins was referring to. "I guess you can't hear me," finished Corkins.
Corkins finally made the call and Marchese tabled the 
for top two pair. Corkins held the 
for a worse two pair. Marchese scooped the pot and made mention that he could inceed hear Corkins, but didn't want to say anything. "I don't listen to music that loud," he said.
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Scott Seiver checked the flop of 
to Mike "Timex" McDonald. He fired 5,600 and Seiver called.
The turn card brought the 
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Seiver fired a very small bet of 2,000. McDonald thought for a bit and then made the call.
Seiver tabled the 
and McDonald the 
. McDonald's hand won the pot and he got some friendly ribbing from the table as to why he took so long to call.
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Pals for life Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak are seated back-to-back at adjacent tables, and they're spending more time chatting than playing cards for now. Early in the day, Esfandiari was all over Laak.
"Must be nice, kid. Must be nice to just have $100,000 to throw on a four-table tournament where there's 35 players better than you."
"I know, isn't that sick?" Laak responded with a broad grin.
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Viktor Blom, the elusive young Swede, has just joined our field. He's drawn Table 2 Seat 8, and Vivek Rajkumar will have the unenviable task of dealing with the maniac on his direct left.
There's a lot of speculation regarding the other identity of Blom, many claiming that he is indeed the Isildur1 of nosebleed online fame. We can't say for sure, but PokerStars is set to reveal the true identity of their newest online pro on Saturday at 7:00 P.M. Are Blom and Isildur1 the same person? We'll know for sure in just over 48 hours.
Blom's entry makes 37 players registered with 36 of them remaining.
Level 2
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
James Obst raised to 3,000 and David "Bakes" Baker called. Phil Laak called from the small blind and Masa Kagawa called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and everyone checked to see the 
fall on the turn. "Oh, all right," said Laak and fired out 11,000. The entire table started laughing at the way Laak bet his chips. Kagawa folded and Obst folded, but Baker made the call.
The river card completed the board with the 
and Laak announced a bet of 22,100 while his good friend Antonio Esfandiari watched from behind him. Baker came back with a raise to 83,000. "Oh, that's pretty," said Esfandiari. Laak then made mention about how Esfandiari loved to see Baker raise his bet.
After some time in the tank, Laak asked, "Are you some kind of internet genius?"
Yes!" responded Baker loudly, quickly with a big nod of his head.
Laak thought for a bit longer and then folded his hand, dropping to 237,000 in chips. Baker is up to about 290,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From the small blind, Daniel Negreanu raised to 3,000, and Vivek Rajkumar three-bet big, making it 16,000 from the big blind. Negreanu called after some time, and the flop came 
. Check-check to the turn, and now Negreanu led out with 20,000 chips. Rajkumar didn't waste much time calling, and the landed on the river. Negreanu slowed down now with a check, and he more or less snap-folded to Rajkumar's 52,000-chip bet.
